Al Shihab Surname
Approximately 655 people bear this surname
Al Shihab Surname Distribution Map
| Place | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangladesh | 451 | 1:353,341 | 9,758 |
| Saudi Arabia | 199 | 1:155,054 | 22,057 |
| Yemen | 2 | 1:13,212,647 | 40,633 |
| Australia | 1 | 1:26,995,701 | 270,794 |
| Indonesia | 1 | 1:132,249,194 | 811,426 |
| Iraq | 1 | 1:35,021,654 | 31,813 |
Al Shihab Last Name Facts
Where Does The Last Name Al Shihab Come From? nationality or country of origin
The surname Al Shihab is found most frequently in Bangladesh. It can also appear in the variant forms:. For other potential spellings of Al Shihab click here.
How Common Is The Last Name Al Shihab? popularity and diffusion
This surname is the 501,935th most commonly held family name on earth It is held by around 1 in 11,126,024 people. The surname Al Shihab occurs mostly in Asia, where 100 percent of Al Shihab reside; 69 percent reside in South Asia and 69 percent reside in Islamic South Asia.
The surname is most commonly occurring in Bangladesh, where it is borne by 451 people, or 1 in 353,341. Apart from Bangladesh it exists in 5 countries. It is also common in Saudi Arabia, where 30 percent reside and Yemen, where 0 percent reside.
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Footnotes
- Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
- Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
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- Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
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